This game was very enticing...it is very passable as a new Pokémon game. I liked the beginning, it was very unique. Right from the start, I really felt like I would already like this game, and play this non-stop until I finished.
However, two things annoyed me about this game: the abruptness and diversity.
What I mean by abruptness is that here and there are rare items that would be hard to find in your average Pokémon game, so getting them so easily presents no challenge and s has a very different feel to it...takes away the addictiveness from this because you aren't hunched over the computer trying to find say a water stone, but rather you might have all the elemental stones before the third gym. Also, in every other Pokémon game, you don't face a trainer until after all the tutorial stuff in your starting town, but here, you are immediately fighting this trainer with not much to train with besides some very weak Pokémon. Also, getting the experience of a Pokémon contest and the safari so early in the game is just too fast. Like other Pokémon games, you would usually get to a Pokémon contest by the third or fourth gym, and the safari would be a bit late into the game. But the safari, being so early as it is, does help with the pokedex.
The diversity aspect of the game, having all different Pokémon to catch is great...but I feel it is a bit of an overload. You can get starters from different generations of Pokémon which is very unique, but the fact that there are people giving away free Pokémon doesn't feel right. I do not know about you, but I would rather like to earn those Pokémon, find it and capture it. But here are these people, offering you Pokémon here and there.
There were many things to like about this game though. The new towns are very detailed and unique...the story is a bit captivating. The new team of bad guys is a pretty creative idea, however they do look a bit like Team Galactic in a way. The fact that you get many rivals in this game is kind of good, seeing how you would fight your rival say about 4 times in an average Pokémon game, but here, you would be fighting more rivals, meaning more fights, and therefore more experience for your Pokémon. However, Light Platinum lacked the running shoes that would be found in every single other Pokémon game, but since this is an emulator with a speed button, that did not matter.
In the end, this game (in my opinion) gets an 8.5/10 for its creativity, style, and story. If some minor things are fixed, this may not seem like a hack at all, but rather a "real" Pokémon game that the Pokémon creators recently released, which would be great. The overall effort into creating this game is excellent, because most everything runs smoothly, the detail is amazing, and the creativity that went into this game was well worth it. This game was very enticing...it is very passable as a new Pokémon game. I liked the beginning, it was very unique. Right from the start, I really felt like I would already like this game, and play this non-stop until I finished.
However, two things annoyed me about this game: the abruptness and diversity.
What I mean by abruptness is that here and there are rare items that would be hard to find in your average Pokémon game, so getting them so easily presents no challenge and s has a very different feel to it...takes away the addictiveness from this because you aren't hunched over the computer trying to find say a water stone, but rather you might have all the elemental stones before the third gym. Also, in every other Pokémon game, you don't face a trainer until after all the tutorial stuff in your starting town, but here, you are immediately fighting this trainer with not much to train with besides some very weak Pokémon. Also, getting the experience of a Pokémon contest and the safari so early in the game is just too fast. Like other Pokémon games, you would usually get to a Pokémon contest by the third or fourth gym, and the safari would be a bit late into the game. But the safari, being so early as it is, does help with the pokedex.
The diversity aspect of the game, having all different Pokémon to catch is great...but I feel it is a bit of an overload. You can get starters from different generations of Pokémon which is very unique, but the fact that there are people giving away free Pokémon doesn't feel right. I do not know about you, but I would rather like to earn those Pokémon, find it and capture it. But here are these people, offering you Pokémon here and there.
There were many things to like about this game though. The new towns are very detailed and unique...the story is a bit captivating. The new team of bad guys is a pretty creative idea, however they do look a bit like Team Galactic in a way. The fact that you get many rivals in this game is kind of good, seeing how you would fight your rival say about 4 times in an average Pokémon game, but here, you would be fighting more rivals, meaning more fights, and therefore more experience for your Pokémon. However, Light Platinum lacked the running shoes that would be found in every single other Pokémon game, but since this is an emulator with a speed button, that did not matter.
In the end, this game (in my opinion) gets an 8.5/10 for its creativity, style, and story. If some minor things are fixed, this may not seem like a hack at all, but rather a "real" Pokémon game that the Pokémon creators recently released, which would be great. The overall effort into creating this game is excellent, because most everything runs smoothly, the detail is amazing, and the creativity that went into this game was well worth it. |